These Were The Best Electronic Acts At This Years Splendour In The Grass

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These Were The Best Electronic Acts At This Years Splendour In The Grass

The Splendour In The Grass music festival wrapped up on Sunday, and now, it’s unfortunately time to pack up the glitter, goonies, and say goodbye for another year.

Although this is of course after a massive stack of international quality electronic artists graced the ears of over 30,000 punters. But just who was the cream of the crop when it comes to this year’s electronic lineup ? You can bet your bottom dollar we were there, and now we’ve compiled our favourite electronic acts of the weekend!

As expected, Hayden James kicked the mix-up stage out of the ballpark as the sun sank on Friday evening. With the crowd clearly feeling the love as they welcomed in the first evening of the festival, the singer/songwriter from Sydney enthused the crowd with some lesser-known tracks as well as favourites Permission To Love and Something About You.

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Australian favourite Roland Tings brought with him an energy which was solemn matched by any artist on the roster. Opening with his classic track Pala, the Melbourne producer continued to work through his signature sounds of spacey sounds and acidy rhythms in what was undoubtedly one of the best electronic sets of the festival.

Electronic duo Human Movement caused a ruckus at the mix-up stage as the night continued. They played two separate half-hour sets over the course of the night, and boy did they did they do it right. Instead of me filling you in, see it for yourself in this video of the boys dropping their track, Dancing Room. 

 

Adelaide producer Motez delivered the goods on the first night, closing out the little dancer stage with his signature beats and a surprise cameo from none other than Tkay Maidza. The two then performed Down Like This. The energetic Tkay proceeded to spit some fire on the mic, whipping the crowd into a bit of a frenzy. “I say woop-woop, you say Motez” – Tkay Maidza.

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Saturday was a little different, this writer filled most of the day at the private Nana Judy party, however time had to be made to catch What So Not (which was as satisfyingly trap heavy as you’d expect,) as well as a late night encounter with Luke Psywalker in the Tipi Forrest following a 3-hr set by The Cure. All in all an amazing second day, which was why the final day was all the more surprising.

Gold Features is the producer behind the gold mask, and although he has already been unmasked as Sydney producer Tom Stell, his banging set still left the majority of people left wondering just what it is they were listening to. After the welcoming crowd slow clapped him in, the gold-masked man began his set by dropping Guillotine, and didn’t let the energy slide until the last fifteen minutes of his set.

Splendour was by far the craziest show I’ve ever played. I’m going away for a while now to make a lot more music.” – Golden Features.

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Closing out the festival in the absolutely massive, outdoor amphitheatre was Flume. As I saw all the people who came out to see him play I couldn’t help but think to myself how far this producer has come.

Flume reiterated that sentiment, telling the crowd he had to “get something out of his system” he let everyone know just how special it was for him to play at a festival and to people so close to home.

The set itself jumped seamlessly back and forth between his old and new music, spreading the love way back through the crowd, the people at the back of the amphitheatre seemed to be feeling the vibe just as much as those front and centre. Props!

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[Image source – Instagram]

 

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